Ideological Differences Between Native Americans And Puritans In The 1600
Ideological Differences Between Native Americans and Puritans in the 1600’s
Native Americans differed from the Puritans not only in how they viewed the New World, but also their place in it. They saw the land as family, as their entire world, and appreciated the land for what it was and not what it could give them. The Native Americans felt a connection and familiarity with the Earth and they refer to it as, “our grandmother [who] extended the green reflection of her covering” (Winnebago 16). To them, the land they live on is their entire world, and that is the Native Americans place in it. They are there to appreciate and protect “this newly created world” just as the Earth, their grandmother, protects them (Winnebago 16). Meanwhile, the Puritans
Native Americans differed from the Puritans not only in how they viewed the New World, but also their place in it. They saw the land as family, as their entire world, and appreciated the land for what it was and not what it could give them. The Native Americans felt a connection and familiarity with the Earth and they refer to it as, “our grandmother [who] extended the green reflection of her covering” (Winnebago 16). To them, the land they live on is their entire world, and that is the Native Americans place in it. They are there to appreciate and protect “this newly created world” just as the Earth, their grandmother, protects them (Winnebago 16). Meanwhile, the Puritans